4:14 p.m. ET, April 18, 2024
Palestinian girl conceived from IVF is killed in strike on Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza
Shahed Owdetallah
Obtained by CNN
For her family, Shahed was a big dream, and everyone pampered her until she grew up and entered school,” her relatives said. “She loved playing and reading a lot… everyone loved her.”
CNN footage filmed at Al-Aqsa hospital in the aftermath of the strike on Tuesday shows fathers cradling the young and lifeless bodies of children, their eyes red and swollen with disbelief. Other kids look on warily. The sound of shrill screams pierces the walls of the hospital.
Injured Palestinian children are brought to the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital following an attack at Maghazi refugee camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on April 16. CNN has added blur to this image to protect identities.
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Parents told CNN their kids had been playing foosball when the camp was struck.
“A drone strike hit them while they were playing,” said Jaber Abu Jayyab, the father of 9-year-old Lujain. “They were all children.” Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed more than 13,900 children, the Ministry of Health there reported on April 18.
In another scene from the hospital, one boy Mohamad AlNouri, 14, cowers over his younger brother’s body – 8-year-old Mahmoud Khalil AlNouri – which is shrouded in white cloth. “He is still alive,” Mohamad wails out. “Don’t leave him here.”
“Dear God. What did they all do?” one man cries. “What did they all do?”
CNN’s Jennifer Hauser and Ibrahim Dahman contributed reporting.
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